At the final plenary sitting of 2021, Parliament will award Alexei Navalny the 2021 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought. MEPs will discuss how big online platforms should be more tightly regulated and vote on making 2022 the European Year of Youth. All that and more coming up in Strasbourg.

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Coming up in Strasbourg: Sakharov Prize, ​internet giants and youth

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to the imprisoned Russian opposition figure

Alexei Navalny for his fight for democracy in Russia.

His daughter Daria will receive the award

It is set to call for stricter regulation

of the so-called gatekeepers of the internet,

to better protect consumers and their data.

Ahead of the EU leaders' summit later this month,

about how global supply chains have been affected

and examine the rollout of Covid recovery funds.

MEPs are expected to call for more action

Proposals include harmonised criminal sanctions

across the EU for gender-based cyberviolence

and the recording of images of sexual assault.

Young people have been hit hard by the pandemic

and MEPs want to hear what they have to say,

getting them more involved in policymaking.

Coming up in Strasbourg: Sakharov Prize, ​internet giants and youth

Coming up in Strasbourg: Sakharov Prize, internet giants and youth